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NAVAL,NEWS. PLYMOUTH, DEC. ST--Sailed his Majesty's ships . ftussar; Orestes, and Crocus, on '.acruize'; - and the • 1 1(v/equin hired_armed ship, with a convoy to the Eastward. • Sailed also, the Weymouth, Llewellyn, for Portsmouth Vigilante, Rick; Thomas and Mary, -; Sally Ann, Phelps; Albion, Jannoncl ; Alive, Langden ; Spanisithrig Patriot Alicantino ; Hope, Coath the Lion, Myth; Hec tor, James ; Richard and Mary, Harrison ; Albion, Francis ; American brig Eunice, Dawson; and the MarS, Rickrds, for the River ; and the PerseveranCe, Sargent,for torts. mouth. It was not the Janzaica frigate that arrived liere yesterday, hut the Tlzais sloop of war, from a cruize. Arrived the schooner Brothers, HENRY SGLUAittir master, from St. John's, Newfoundland,' laden with 'fish, bound to this port. Went up' the harbour to be repaired, hiS Majesty's 'ship Pheasan't. PORTSMOUTH . , DEC. 6.—Arrived the Jamaica frigate from NeWfUnndland ; and Mallard brig from a cruize. Sailed the Sei"ern brig, PYiNINTYNE, for GlasgOw. airriVed the Orion ship, VICKERY, from Virginia, retaken by his Majesty'S ship Rienien. Dec.'6.-146 Majesty's Ship Calyp . sa 'arrived yesterday, having takeil out under-convoy two vessels laden with live'stocic intelli gence that these vessels are returning without hav ing landed their cargoes, and that the Island Would be eva . euated'entirel'y Upon the sth inst. SHEERNEiI, DEC. ' 6.—Arri ' ved his Majesty's ships Plantaienet, and Camilla. Sailed his Majesty's store•ship Wao!wich, ' for 'lushing. Went out 61, harboUr, and anchored at the Little i\lore; his Majesty's sloop Cretan, Capt. PAYNE'. . DEAL, DEC. 6.—:-nailed the Duke of Ibroi:trose and the Leatider, for the river. Put back, the outward-boUnd the sailed pester (lay, and remains with several other ships. 4 „ Arrived the Ajax, STEWART, 3 days from.NeAr 4/ovidence'; a'nd the Fainley, BOND, frotii EadizL • Yesterday, spo o n after twelve o'clock his Mkiii , ..4TY arrived a t the QUEEN'S Palace, from Windsor, in his travelling carriage escorted 6y* . party of Light Horse, Uherit he was received by the Dukes of. YORK, KEN - V, and SussEt: . • A little after two o'clock his ME;TEST : T. held a pri vate Leve; which was attended by . The Archbishop of CiOnerbuty, the Lord Chancellor, the 4 .Ord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the l'irSt lord gt, the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, the .three 'Sec retarie,i of Stales,. the first Lord of the Adrniral , :y, iheCpmmancier in Chiet; the liktp. Advocate, bad of Hat- T ' vbir . ,Lords Heathfield (gold stick), Arden (in waiting), 1 Dryer), E. O'l3ryen :.Admirals Lord headstock and Sir 1. I .itamarei : General Browne ; Colopeli Peacock and "woCoorribe ; Major A: - mstrong ; Captains Waldegrave, Itaines, Browne, korrest, and Caniae ; Messrs. Grenville, 4wkner, gene, arid Porbes. Tke following tad the hononr of being pi - esented ' 0 his MAJESTY „ . The. Marquis Wellesley, upon his being appointed Secre.- Z i rY of State for Foreign ALrairs, and Upon his return flinn ` 3 Pain. . Lieuf...Colonel M'Coorribe, upon his promotion. - : Ma, r.Arnastrong, of the s.)tli regiment, °Otis return with "Ic Marquis Wellesley, from the Embassy. to Spain... The Hon-Captain Waidegrave, brother to Earl Walde t'vetupon his promotion, and bringing home the dispaichei °ln Lord Collingwood, by Admiral Lord Radstock. • L. Mr, John Forbes, on his return with the Marquii Weil& frolic the Embassy to Spain. 11 Captain T. Staihei Oldie Royal NaVY, on which occasion ereeeived the honour of Knighthood. Baltie .v ic” e Admiral Sir lames Saumarez, on his return froth the 4 M L ord Edward O'Brien, on receiving the rank of the son of arq u i s. Captain Browne,' of the 4oth regiment, Aid-de.Carnp to Brigadier -General Browne: Brigadier -General Browne, on his return from Walcheren. Lieutenant_ Colonel Peacock, of the 71st Regiment, on his return from Spain and Walcheten. Mr. Snowden Bele, on his being appoirlted a Lord of the Treasury. Captain Forrest, of the Royal Na4y, upon his promotion: , Captain Burgess Camac, on his r e t u rn with M a rq u i s W e l. aesley, from the Embassy to Spain. Lord James O'Brien, on receiving the rank of the son of a. Marquis. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, at which t lkarquis VVELLESLEX was introduced, and sworn in Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. HIS MAJESTY gave audiences to Mr. 'PERCEVAL, , 41 1 d the rest of the Cabinet Ministers present ; Earl 4 4TitURST, who resigned the seals of Office, as Se . ; eretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; Sir DAVID bumbAs, and Mr. M. SUTTON, the Judge Advocate, 'y'Who laid :befor MAJESTY the proceedings of sonic courts Martial. About half past six o'clock his MAJESTY set off Oti his return to Windsor. . The ship that brought over his Excellen the ‘'ersian Ambassador was obliged to perform qua cy ran e several days at Plymouth, before he could be 'd. Every necessary accommodation was pre '-)y order of Government for his Excellency at b, 'and on the road to London. An Inter s his Excellency at Plymouth, and travelled rnd explained and described the towns as they passed along to town. His Suite, together with those appoineed arrived at Demazey's, Hartford afternoon, where he was receiv der Secretaries of State, and a nt was prepared for him. He ' with the attention shewn 7xcellency and Suite, and end him, arrived lat a -.nt for his reception, 'Qua of Dire tors d Captains were oe6tive ships,' Castle, tor.. 'astone, ; for pd at six I 'COVE:NT-GA RD EIVi 'IIEADIZE. . . . The disturbances it this . Theatre are renewed 'in all their for Mer violence, most. of ,the in struments by which the general Clamour and confu sion were before sustained and, promoted.. Theatre -was last fight 'well atteitf..ied, excelit in. the pit, where the lovers of the Drafpa are, of course, afraid to go, as it is the 'chief scene of uproar and contention. The comedy of The Man of 1)e World, with the, `ballet'of Oscor and Malbina; wire the Intended en tertainments of . the night,, but soon_ after the fist ad of the fOrmerthe storm began : rattles, .whistleg; and' horns, were heardin various partS of the hOuSe, and,t.he opponents of .the NlandF,ers had evidently detached parties all over:The Theatrt. The O. P.'s . and Plycar'ds were nninereus. Attempts were made' to seize and destroy the . latter, but they succeeded in very feW instances, 'as the hostile'party Nt' ere so Along. sortie of 'these labels contained very' Oflen liive allusions to the Private .BOXes, some retledea on the, conduatof the Chief Jth'itice of the:Common Pleas, some were triumi)hant , ensigns'in 'favour of Mr. CLIFFORD, and others . paii, homage to the 'jury who had decided in his behalf. Though the 'party were 'So 'strong to the after the periM of 11;alf price, some friends of the Theatre had the resolu 'tion to support the 'cause,•of the 'Proprietors, and hence •sorne . serions contests took 'plice, Woob, the fire-man of the Theatre, being discovered in the Pit, a veliettlenrSit'nggle place to drive hint out. aesnit.intained gi•; - .):And for Sonte tithe,, but at length wasabliged to yield to numbers, pat - 1164 : - larly as some men in the lOWer Boxes had, the cowardice to strike him With their sticlis, while he - was engaged in a scuff 1e with a lioitof opponents below. But the unmanly praaice 'Ol pelting the Performers on.the,stage was renewed, and among other thitts a horn was throWn, at 13 . OLOGNA.— FARLEY took it ; -made a 'silent appeal to the justiCe. 'of'ttie a'u'dience`, bowed, and handed it off the . stage. Apples, oranges, and a variety of other arti ,- 21es; covered the stage ; bur the Most 'offensive of these Missile weapon'swere the 'penny and. halt-penny pieces; which,are calculated to do great mischief to the unoffending Perforiners, who are only employed in the pradice of their cility. It is really astonishing that a British crowd general should sutier such "unmanly violence, to orevail, and however deter mined to accomplish the chief purpose in view, do not; with their chart . ..terksic gvnetosity, indignant ly repel Such savage proceedings. The Beiligeren4 rent iiiell in the Theatre. 'anger than usual atter their dance, their groans, and their singing, 'clatterirg their sticks, and pointing with menacing gestures towards the Private foxes. ' At length they left the Theatre,, and marched down the Strand and neet r Street, in 'two formidable bodies, at Some distance f: omit each Other, exciting di-mray 'and terrtir in every person whim they efiCOuntered .in their passage. guise the trial of Lord GEOtioi (Soiborr , tio . caie appears to have excited so much curiosity as that . whichoccUrred Tuesday respecting CoVent-Gar den Theatre; in the Court (t Common Pleas. Court Was crowded, and the avenues completely blocke , l up: The uproar was extreme, and the proceedings experietiC7,.l several interruptions fioin occasional bursts of c'llt - nottr . and Vociferation. Se irefal fights Ocqurred,„ and many persons were severe iy bruised by the ,presiure. Mr. litritti,E was in the Hall, and was folloWed by cries of 0. P. tk here cver he went. When the verdict of the Jury was make known, it was received bythe.people in the Hall with a shOut of apprObtiOn, so lond, ,that Lord ELLENBOROUGH was obliged to pause till it subsided, in the. midst of his charge to the Jury, in Mr. KiNd's action: . It his been thought somewhat adventurOns and rash in Mr. KEN'hil.E . to appear in Westminster Hall, pn Tuesday last, as he has been so cruelly persecuted by the enemies:of the. Theatre, and th,:refoke it is proper to state - that he'was obliged to .attend, having been-summoned as a witness by the Plaintiff, though he was not called on fdr his evidence. WESTMINSTER Scnoo..--The young Gentlemen of this Institution last night performed TEttitii's Play of Phormeo. The p ; iiletnn who distingnished themselves, and ekciteti'Much ,applause on this occa inn were; Messrs. ToWNstieNri, MURE, VERNON, BELLI, CRAW.LEY, SALTER, CREMER, LANGLEY, PALMER, and STRANGE WAYS. The veteran RAU.ZZINI• resumes his concerts this season at ,Bath, aria Miss, PARKE gone ,to that city for the purpose of assisting hint. • . CATALANI has not beau announced in the Opera Manager's list of vocal perforMers, but it is not doubted that she is engaged for the ensuing season. The case which' is entitled "the KING veb,4s Watowr arid Others,' and Micih itandS for trial on Saturdaynett; is thathetWeen Mr. Wiatitt on the One hand and Mrs. CLARKE and M-. WRIGHT on the oth6i-. BoivE very curious circemstances with respe& to Mr.'WArtimE are expeCted to be disclosed on the occasion. Government is . in daily expe6tation of hearing of the suit - elide - of.corfu; against which place an attack had been arranged, ithmediately after the tall of Cep halonia,' Ithaca, Cerigo, &c. An insurance on an American vessel; bound from Matta was yesterday made with a clause in the poliCy• in these worda, " With liberty to touch at Coati, if in possession of the British," On Tuesday, Captain Hicks, of the Navy, a na tive of Norfolk, dined at the house of Mr. Vigets, in. Southampton-street. He appeared in perfe& health and spirits. He left Mr. Vigers's in a hack ney Coach,. accompanied by a Mr. Owen, who se parated from him at the end of Norfolk-street. He appeared then to be in perfect health. The coach man drove him to Catherine=street, in 'the city ; on opening the door of the -carriage,. he tOund that Captain Hicks did not Move ; thinking he was asleep, he attempted wake him, but without et feet : a.candle was then brought froni . the house, and, on inspeetion, it was found that be was dead.— Captain Hicks'had, the . day before, been appointed to a ship, A Statement has been published in some of the Public Papers of the pretended contents ot:a Letter, ''written by Lord GRENVILLE to the Principal of Brazen Nose College, in 'Oxford : we are authorized ,to,- . tsay, that the. Principal has signed, and eiteulated to the Members of Convocation, resident in Oxford, ade'xpress contradiction of that statement, which he declares' to contain not only insidious mislepresenta tion, but positive falsehood. POLICE. 136w , 5-r - BEET.- 7 0ne person or-nly. 72s • latt night "brought to this Office, from the Theatre who, after ,some.l4itation, stated his name to-be Richard Cooke, of Clifton,nearSath. He was charged by Mr. Bra ndon with riotous'a'n(fdisorderlycondna.in the boxed, .crying out " Coke -for ever! &ritcirfnekt for ever'! No .jacsia ! No." . .kuglishmen ! Of - !" and o'tket vociferptions,' which tended t¢ 'create con fnsion,and.proMote disturbance, duriiig . :the second :,adt of the Comedy.: Mr. Cooke,. by ills observa tions, substantiated, .th . e charge. He declared.hint self to be a •tril. , e ct6ciple. Henry Clifford', , and in the warmest languge. av - owecl his principles to be - in opp9sition to the imposition of the Managers of the Theatre. He was ordered to find. bail, which he did I imenediatey.. • Mr. Gibbfins then. stepped forward, and laid infor mations against Mr:Cooke for swearing four pro ', fane oaths in the preset - lee of .o'6 Magistrate, (Mi. Graham). 'Mr. Gibbon, declared, that he was ac tuated to this step from no other sentiment. than prqpi*respea for the tench. Mr. Cooke was fined two shillings for each oath, and three shillings costs for entering i ea,ch information, amountingaltogethee . to twenty shtiti, ! > ; s, which hay . ig paid, he was dis ; charged. ; TueschtY Dahl . , the watchman.,. who is in dnstody on a charge of beit)i.r, copeerned with another snaprohbing Caroline Wilcox of 2001. aqd a bun:. die clothes, as she was going off by the Liverpool . coach, on 11 , -r return to Treland,:.on Sunday the 19th oh; underwent another examination. . . : Morris "4-tslan of B , lckeridge-cOnrt Buckeridge streat, St. said, , that,.he was. present fat the public-honse, in Dyot-cfreet, St. Giles's, .on Sunday mc)rning the 19th November, between sty .and seven,. o'clock ;' the .prosecytrix,,Carojine \k'ilcox,and a titan came into'the houSe,,with a bin dle undo'r arm, which she !aid upon the.counter, : and called for a pint' - Of beer, and soon afterwards Lanother man (the, prisoner),. calve into the house: the prisoner appeareti to be in 'company. with „them, and'called for - a ijuarternof .. ,gin, for which: the pri soner tendered a dollar in pument, and that during the time he wastalkingl.v . ith t pie lartdlnrd inthe . bar, the prisoner I,Saly said to the prosecntrj,--" is tbat ydur. bundie which the Other ~man hrs : gone out with ?" - upon %:swhich the witness on 1 0 . eling:•round filth, discovered that the man had made of with the.,'pr(Ae . ctiiit'S bundle fl' - 'ornoff the counter,. The The tirisoller..said he W otild_A•on after the man,, and imffediately left the house, and in a,short:tilne after, the witness, left took the ii - rosecurrix with hini to loo s .; the prisbner and_his.Cornpg. nion.. They walked some, distance', a,nd riot .being able to learn any of thein, and the . prose cutrit retorted to the Cock public-house, arid found the priSorier standing the door, whO said to the proseci2orix, w.ho was crg, " Never mind; make yourself easy, he may Comi,.-1 Tide pri soner then made off. The witness finding the pro" cutri.: quite desolate, took. her horne .- and supported her tor some tone. Ile prisoner was remanded for further examiti,itton. Severpl more 'subscriptions have been received tear the .prosecutrik. UN.IOT4 DEc. 6.--:••••A person natbea:4s Gwen • a, • was charged , with, having ob t ain e d quantity of litjuor from My.. Baxter, liquor Werehant, in the Bo rough, under, tajs.pretenes. , It appeared that the prisoner went to Mr. Baxter, on Saturday evening arid said he tame_ from a gentleman at Rotirethithe i ,well-t;riown to Mr'. Baxter, and produced a note, purtibrting, come froth him, containing an order for two gallons of brandy, the same quantity of rum, and also cf Holland& He took away some brandy With him that evering,' and on Monday morning party, the prisoneo.vasagain at Mr. Eaxter's house, sayi i ,g, he. came for the.remainder of the liquor, as it Bi as wanted', iiun to be, sent on board a ship, The, eagernegs ,of the prisoner raised Mr. Baxter's. suspicion 5 and oh application to Mr. 1-1, it appeared that no liquor had bqen ordered by him, nor did be know any thing of an order a mount i ng to ten gallons, whieh was furnished by Mr. Baxter 'a short lipie since. litiioner; in his defence,. said • was in tlie habit ctft" attending as a messenger in the King's'Beneh prison '• and on Saturday he received the note which he had delivered to . Mr.. Baxter, from a Oentleman Who is in th e Bench, who gave him directions how to proceed, to obtain tie liquor, and also to take it when he had obtained it, to his (the prisoner's) lodg ings, in Long Lane, Smithfield. Upon further investigation, it appeared, that the person from whom the prisoner received the note is son of Mr. H. and is at present a prisoner in the Bench at the suit of his father. Upon this discovery, the father declined prOseCuting the enquiry any far ther, and the prisoner was discharged. THAMES FoLtm-orFlcE.=-4resterday a young Wo man of interes,ing appearance uas charged with -; being a returned transport from New South Wales, where she I.vas doomed for 14 years, but only served seven. A strong desire to see her children caused her to take'the deq)eraie resolution to come to her native country in the most artful manner. The re cord of her convi&ion was adduced, and she' was .tommited for re-examination, ‘. A shocking occurrence took place at Liverpool, on Friday. The circumstances are as follow :—About half past ten o'clock, on Friday morning, Mr. Wil liam Wilson, of Cord -street, a tallow-chandler, dropped from the top window of his house, inio his back yard;, he broke one of his thighs, one, of arms and his breast. He survived only about an hour. An Inquest was held the same day on the body, at the Town-hall, before Dr. Gerrard one.of the ISoroner3, It appeared in evidence; from the testimony of Daniel Wilson, the deceased's brother, that the deceased was very much given to liquor, and when he left off drinking for any length 'of time, he became melancholy; and they were obliged to • have a person to take care of him, to prevent his doing mischief to himself, which he frequently at tempted; and having lately left off drinking again, on Friday ‘ norning, he was observed to be more dull than usual, and be went frequently up stairs. The shopman and servant girl of the deceas,2d con firmed the above statement. A journeyman baker proved the manner in which the defendant dropped /tom rite window. The Jury roamed a verdict of Lunacy, ; • 0 BAILEY. WEDNRSDAY, VEC. 6; This day Ate Sessions corunnence.d he:etc:fore the tLORD MAYOR, Mr. Justice Gnosis, and Mr. Baron GRAHAM; t ~.1 HORSE-STEALING. 1 .1 A whole family, of the name of Thurston, Viz, Dixon. Thurston, the -father, Mary, the mother, .Susannah, the daughter,, and Jeremiah, the son, were tried upon the foregoing charge. The father pleaded guilty, and was removed ; the othe s took tbeir.trials, and were acquitted ; but Jeremiah is or onlered to Hertford, the,re to take his trial on 4 si milar charge at the next Assizes. , MALICIOUSLY. SHOOTING WITH INTENT TO KILL. RictiardiWicks stood indicted for this . offence. Mr, ANDREW'S, ; in support of the prosecution, stated thecase with precision and. accuracy, the.ge r neial outline of which. was, that the defendant, whO was.statedto be well known as an old poacher, was charged with, having.. entered -the. demesne. of Mr. Wood, of ,Hanwell, 'with intentiotr 'of committing depredations, but that being.foiled in his sport by the prosecutor,„whose name is Johnson, and who ik game-keeper to iVIr. Wood, .he determined- tohe revenged, and, under that prinCiple ; and actuated by that motive, ,fired at him, but providentially missed. him. The case ,occupied the best part .of the day, and after a long investigation, and hearing the pri saner's. defence, _the Jury acquitted him: • • .. William Grey and Henry 'Cornelius were convieledi of lats.:cry, it, stealing two quarts* of rum from on board. the Duke of Monmouth Wesf-Indiarnan, the Thames, on the 1 gth of November; the pr . O. perty•of.Christopher Nocke.lls.. Jams Hall ant' Caroline Grazier were indi&ed foit bulglary in the warehouse of J. Smith; in Gutter lane, and stealing upwards of 5001. worth of Silk ribbons. By the evidence of the prosecutor it ap:- peared, that his.warehouse was broken open on the aright of.; Sunday the Ist of Odober, and the goods:: in question taken away, bUt he kneW pone, of,. the .circumstances of. the. robbery. The Police. Officers afterwards proved that they searched The house of one Brickett, in the neighbourhood of Clerkenwell, with, whom the: female prisondr ,cohabited as his wife. On searching the hbtlSO, they found a quantity- of ribbons, which they produced ; and which the proiecutor stated that he .believed to be the same Which had been •• stolen froth him.' With regard .to the•other prig toner, it was proved that he was a ribbon weaver, Angel-alley, Bishopsgate-street ; and that he 'gave a part nt, the ribbons in question to be'dressed, to a witness of the name of ..Archer. his was 14 days after the robbery ; and when questioned about them, he said that he had bought them of a man from o - ventry:, bui,whose name he did not know. He niade the same defence . when. called upon. Th e woman put in a written paper, in which she stated thatshe had unfortunately cohabited ‘iith Brickett; who brought these articles home. : That she did not know of his dishonest pradices; Andvilways believed he was a coal merchant; as he distributed cards among his friends to that etfet.t. The Jury,after some deliberation, found both the :prisoners —.Net 11111iDLESEX . SESSIONS. l/EDNri'SDAir, DP.CEMBF.Ii G. .-- . Ratei- t Biass, a publican, was found guilty of as. saulting a nian in his tap-room ; and the'case being attended with circumstances of great aggravation, he was tined .201. MOT AND ASSAULT. Two IriShncien,. of the names o f C a ' ver y an d . • Dt6yer, were tried, upon an indiament, charging them with a kiery.vinlent and desperate riot and as sault in Bilekridge 7 sire e t, St. Wherein seve:- ral persons Were dangerously hurt. The details of evidenr;e were really shocking. It happened, how ever, that no livei were lost.' l• Mr. BARRY, on behalf of- the defendant Dwyer, addrtissed the Jury, and Ca led soma witneises;• but their testhnoty found no credit - Nsith. the Jury, as it did not amount: to the tiAht excUlliattin of either of the defendants.- , -They were both found guilty and Mr. NARES, the presid;n2,- Magistrate, in pronoun ' zing judgment, admonished them to beware of simi lar conduct in fu!ure, should they appear again under a like charge; I he punishment would, be exem ; .plary. They were sentenced to ttire months im . prisonment. 'A 'parson. of the name of Bedford was tried for assaulting his wife. • This case was attended with. some circumstances unt altogether favourable lo ei ther party ; but the Jury 'having found the def en d an t guilty, the'Coart deemed it right to compel him to keep the .to save hi:hselt, as well as-his wife, from future -and gteater rt lic,tion, and therefore or dered him to find bc.l, 114s•Al in 1601. and two sore• ties is 501. eaCh, it) keep the peace fur two years, and to be confined •until that security should be • Tuesday evening a wan. in a footman's dress went to the Marquis ot - Granby public-house, in Kenning ton, and ordered a pot of beer to be sent to New street; with; change. A servant girl was sent, and the fellow carne from the door, took the beer and the - .change, and :gave . her -a' supposed good note, which on her return was foand to be only 'a two- Penny note. The sharper in the mean while walked off"% s vith iris bOoty. ; , • • Saturday .se'ritiighvtlie guard of the mail-coach, - from Lewes tb Brigoton, apprehended, by a descrip tion in a hand-bill, a passenger in the coach, on sus picion of horse-stealing. He was taken before it Magistrate, and fully committed for trial at the next, floraliam Assizes, for hiring a horse, and selling the same atterwartis at Worthing.; and for hiring a hOrse at Hastings, and not returning if in 14 days. Monday evening, about a quarter past five o'clock, a hoise and cart, with goods, • the properly of W. Griffith, Ram bur, Smithfield, vk as stolen front'. he door of Messrs. StrLckland and Watkins, Bond?: street, while the, porter was delivering a parcel. LONGEVITY.--A letter from Antigua, dated -Oc tober 16, says ANegro man has lived on the estate to which I belong in this island ior upwards .of 150 years, and was to, my knowledge w o rk ing i n the field a few :lays ago ; 1 he remains in a tolerable state of health at this motnent,..,b7ing confined only from a slight ulclr in his foot. Such, instanc2s sel dom are met with in any part of the world, more particularly in a de6truCtive cliniato like this."